., the c.i.a., and the n.s.a. states with high confidence that vladimir putrd personally oered a cyber and social med campaign to disrupt the recent u.s. presidential election. and it states that putin had a clear preference for donald trump. according to the report, putin, "aspired to help president-elect trump's election chances when possible by discrediting secretary clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him." in february of 2018 robert mueller's first indict against russian individuals drops. >> the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing nideral crimes while seeking to interfere in thed states politiepl system. >>ter: mueller's team lays out a sweeping case, directly acsing russian citizens an companies of a massive, coordinated disinformation campaign tsabotage the election. the defendants allegedly condted what they called "information warfare against the united states," th the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political